Did Russia send a Boeing 777 airliner to pick up Venezuelan gold?

Did Russia send a Boeing 777 airliner to pick up Venezuelan gold?

Earlier this week, a Boeing 777 commercial aircraft landed in Caracas, Venezuela. The plane, which belongs to Russia’s Nordwind Airlines, had never made the journey before, and according to local reports, arrived in the troubled nation carrying only its crew. Initial speculation suggested the aircraft may have been carrying Russian mercenaries sent to bolster embattled […]

Watch: Russian Su-27 fighter intercepts US P-8A Poseidon over Baltic Sea days after US/Canada intercept of Russian bombers near Alaska

Watch: Russian Su-27 fighter intercepts US P-8A Poseidon over Baltic Sea days after US/Canada intercept of Russian bombers near Alaska

In a tit-for-tat intercept following American F-22s and Canadian CF-18s being scrambled to intercept and escort Russian nuclear capable bombers off the coast of North America over the weekend, a Russian Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker conducted an intercept of a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea as it “approached the Russian maritime […]

Security Service of Ukraine captures Russian-backed separatist while he’s on vacation—in Ukraine

Security Service of Ukraine captures Russian-backed separatist while he’s on vacation—in Ukraine

On Saturday, January 26th, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Ukraine’s primary government security agency, captured a member of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR)—a Russian-backed separatist formation—while the man was on vacation. The SBU made the capture while conducting a raid in Kharkiv, a city in northeast Ukraine. Although it may seem bizarre for a soldier […]

New images surface of Russia’s new stealthy combat drone and it doesn’t look very stealthy at all

New images surface of Russia’s new stealthy combat drone and it doesn’t look very stealthy at all

Last July, a single grainy image of Russia’s long anticipated Okhotnik (Hunter) unmanned combat aerial vehicle hit the web, prompting a flurry of headlines touting the 20-ton drone’s potential as a low-observability platform that could offer the Russian military greater deep penetration capabilities with their legacy bombers. To put a an arguably over-simplistic spin on […]

Watch: Shocking footage of Russian Tu-22M3 Bomber crashing in the Arctic earlier this week

Watch: Shocking footage of Russian Tu-22M3 Bomber crashing in the Arctic earlier this week

Horrific footage of Tuesday’s crash of a Russian flagged Tu-22M3 bomber has surfaced on the internet, confirming initial reports that the aircraft broke apart during an attempted landing in Murmansk, a Russian city located north of the Arctic Circle. The footage clearly shows the blizzard like conditions at the time of the incident before the […]

These Norwegian missiles could make the F-35 America’s best ship hunter

These Norwegian missiles could make the F-35 America’s best ship hunter

In recent months, much ado has been made about America’s diplomatic opponents developing anti-ship capabilities that we currently have no defense against. Chinese and Russian anti-ship missiles, capable of achieving hypersonic speeds, represent a kind of threat the United States hasn’t faced in decades: a technology that America is not only behind on, but apparently, […]

Israeli Special Forces to teach Ukrainian Special Forces how to combat Russia

Israeli Special Forces to teach Ukrainian Special Forces how to combat Russia

Having worked as a trainer and adviser to the Ukrainian military since 2015, I have seen over the years a noticeable difference in the training, equipment, and the general modernization of the Ukrainian military. Today Ukraine seeks to further enhance its military capabilities by sending its special forces to the Israel Military Industries Academy for […]

New images surface of Russia’s new stealthy combat drone—and it doesn’t look very stealthy at all

New images surface of Russia’s new stealthy combat drone—and it doesn’t look very stealthy at all

Last July, a single grainy image of Russia’s long-anticipated Okhotnik (Hunter) unmanned combat aerial vehicle hit the web, prompting a flurry of headlines speculating about the 20-ton drone’s potential as a low-observability platform that could offer the Russian military greater deep-penetration capabilities with their legacy bombers. To give an arguably overly simplistic explanation of why […]